‘The Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Just Made the Most Surprising Admission About Theresa, and What Happened With Her and Kathy

Jesse Palmer has teased that the finale is unbelievable. How so?

I think you’ll see things that haven’t happened before in any episode. You’re not going to get much more than that… out of me.

Come on, Gerry!

I think you’ll be moved. I seriously think people who are invested in the show and have watched all along will be moved right along with me at the end.

Looking back, do you regret telling all three women you loved them?

No. I really don’t because in those moments, I did.

How do you feel knowing that the end of this journey will soon be over, at least on TV? Is it a relief? Are you excited?

If you’re climbing a stairway and you take one step to the next, are you relieved when you leave the previous step? It’s just the next step.

You’re comparing your journey to a staircase, Gerry.

You just go from one to the next step, which is what will happen at the end of the season. It doesn’t end. This whole experience will just move to the next phase.

But it’ll finally be public and out in the open. Does that excite you?

I’m totally good with that. Totally good with that. [Laughs]

Last question: Knowing what it takes to be the Golden Bachelor—from the press commitments to the late nights to the charisma—who do you feel would make the best Golden Bachelorette, if ABC moves in that direction?

Grab your legal pad and mark one through 22, and I’ll list all their names. There’s none of them that are not well qualified to be the Golden Bachelorette. And perhaps I would have personal favorites, but my personal favorites mean absolutely nothing. Nothing.

No, they do. I’d want to read that story.

Well, ask me later.

Jessica Radloff is the Glamour senior West Coast editor and author of the NYT best-selling book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series.